The interdisciplinary approach to culturally tailored medical care: "Social networking" for decreasing risk: Comment on "The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial" and "Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults"

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¹ Department of Medicine, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Jennifer.Mieres@nyumc.org

Comment

Jennifer H Mieres et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009.

. 2009 Oct 26;169(19):1804-5.

doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.356.

¹ Department of Medicine, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Jennifer.Mieres@nyumc.org

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The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial.
Gary TL, Batts-Turner M, Yeh HC, Hill-Briggs F, Bone LR, Wang NY, Levine DM, Powe NR, Saudek CD, Hill MN, McGuire M, Brancati FL. Gary TL, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Oct 26;169(19):1788-94. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.338. Arch Intern Med. 2009. PMID: 19858437 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults.
Kumanyika SK, Wadden TA, Shults J, Fassbender JE, Brown SD, Bowman MA, Brake V, West W, Frazier J, Whitt-Glover MC, Kallan MJ, Desnouee E, Wu X. Kumanyika SK, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Oct 26;169(19):1795-804. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.337. Arch Intern Med. 2009. PMID: 19858438 Clinical Trial.